Ngaatjatjarra dialect
| Ngaatjatjarra | |
|---|---|
| Nga:da | |
| Region | Western Australia |
| Ethnicity | Ngaatjatjarra |
Native speakers | (989 cited 1996) |
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Ngada Sign Language | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
| AIATSIS | A43 |
| ELP | Ngaatjatjara |
Ngaatjatjarra (also Ngaatjatjara, Ngaadadjarra) is an Australian Aboriginal dialect of the Western Desert language. It is spoken in the Western Desert cultural bloc which covers about 600,000 square kilometres of the central and central-western desert.
It is very similar to its close neighbours Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara and Pintupi, with which it is highly mutually intelligible.
Most Ngaatjatjarra live in the communities of Warburton, Warakurna, Tjukurla or Kaltukatjara.